Books Out Loud Dance Party

From left: Kelly Link, Ed Skoog, John Hodgman, Thurston Moore, Rachel Sherman

Well, the big event - Books Out Loud Dance Party - is over and it was a smash success. Of course, with Thurston Moore, John Hodgman, poet Ed Skoog, Kelly Link, Rachel Sherman, and alt rock band Who Shot Hollywood how could it be anything else. There were around 300 people for what John Hodgman called a "bookish dance party" and I think everyone had a great time - I know I did. Who Shot Hollywood opened the evening with a rockin' set,

followed by some cool DJing by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore.

Next up came Rachel Sherman who read from her work-in-progress, "Jews on a Hill".



Thurston spun some more tunes while Athena Maroulis did some video. Next came the excellent poet Ed Skoog followed by the fantastic Kelly Link. Finally, John Hodgman walked on stage, and, well, hilarity ensued. The excellent evening closed with Thurston once again spinning his records and showing us all how to mix Noise and melody in an oh-so-special way.